Set up the Android 15 SDK

To develop with Android 15 APIs and test your app with the Android 15 behavior changes, you need to set up the Android 15 SDK. Follow the instructions on this page to set up the Android 15 SDK in Android Studio and build and run your app on Android 15.

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The Android 15 SDK includes changes that are not compatible with some lower versions of Android Studio. For the best development experience with the Android 15 SDK, use Android Studio Koala Feature Drop | 2024.1.2 or higher.

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Try out Android 15

If you aren't quite ready to fully support Android 15, you can still perform app compatibility testing by using a debuggable app, an Android 15 device (including virtual devices), and the compatibility framework, without changing your app to compile with or target the SDK.

Update your app's build configuration

To access Android 15 APIs, open your app's build.gradle or build.gradle.kts file and update the compileSdk for Android 15 as follows:

Groovy

android {
    compileSdk = 35
}

Kotlin

android {
    compileSdk = 35
}

Android Studio can provide contextual information about the behavior changes through the Android SDK Upgrade Assistant. Once you're ready to opt in to the new runtime behaviours for Android 15, update your app's targetSdk as follows:

Groovy

android {
    defaultConfig {
        targetSdk = 35
    }
}

Kotlin

android {
    defaultConfig {
        targetSdk = 35
    }
}

Manually install the SDK

Within Android Studio, you can install the Android 15 SDK as follows:

  1. Click Tools > SDK Manager, then click Show Package Details.
  2. In the SDK Platforms tab, expand the Android API 35 section and select the Android SDK Platform 35 package.
  3. In the SDK Tools tab, expand the Android SDK Build-Tools 35 section and select the latest 35.x.x version.
  4. Click OK to install the SDK.

Next steps

To learn about the changes that might affect your app, and to learn how to test these changes in your app, read the following topics:

To learn more about new APIs and features available in Android 15, read Android 15 features.